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- Budapest
- Capital
- Forint (HUF)
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- 10,106,017
- Population
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Hungary Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hungary
Firsts
I had 2 firsts today: I ate my first sushi in Debrecen and I went to my first class at the gym. The little things make me happy =) Tina and I went to the only sushi restaurant in town for lunch, and it wasn't bad. It's an all-you-can-eat place with a ...
Buda and Pest!
... the Van Gogh exhibit) and the Museum of Terrors (which chronicles both Nazi and Communist occupations ... everyone seems to have occupied Hungary at one point or another. It's amazing Hungarians let anyone visit!) More later! I'm off to buy some ...
Back to the Motherland - Hungary
Well after a 30-hour commute from Australia I am in Hungary - the crazy old place where I was born. I have always felt a strong connection with the place, yet find it so, so strange. But first a bit about the trip over. Having only done the trip ...
Budapest
... Pest which is more commercial and completely flat. This is why the city is called Budapest, after the two cities combined. Hungary is famous for Paprika, Goulash and Thermal Baths are famous in Budapest. We went to a traditional restaurant yesterday and ...
A day and a concert in Budapest
... nbsp; As Attila explained to me later, the piece is not that frequently performed in the country of its orgin (Hungary) because of its perceived difficulty. But turning around to bow after the performance last night, it was more ...
Pretty pleased with myself =)
... been primarily full of high school kids, and I must be getting old because I felt like I could have been one of their moms =) People in Hungary seem to go out a lot later than we do in the US. We left the last place at 3:30, and it wasn't showing any ...
Tired, but we;re here
Arrived at Budapest a little late then had to go down steps from the plane to the tarmac and then take a bus to the terminal. Getting our bags was no sweat and we didn’t have to go through Customs. A representative from Uniworld met us and took us ...
Budapest
... the entire city, the green-forested hills everywhere, and up and down the river. I don't know what people think when they hear Hungary, but Budapest is a must visit. I could have spent two or three days here easily-there are just so many museums, boat ...
Loki & Muslinca
This week was marked by lots of work, a trip to the local wine bar and a Debrecen Loki soccer game. Overall, it was a good week. A few of us went to Muslinca for a wine tasting event for this vineyard called Boylki, which is about an hour away in Eger. ...
Budapest, Hungary
Just a quicky this eve. Arrived in Budapest this morning. The sleeper car experience was actually rather good much better than an overnight coach and it was made even better by the fact I had the whole compartment to myself! i also had a nice chat with ...
English and couch-surfing
I learned today that Americans are much more tolerant of flawed English than Hungarians. One of the managers I work with told me he wanted to ask me a personal question. My interest was peaked because they don't really ask you personal questions here, ...
Buda and Pest
We're staying at the East Side hostel as its the cheapest in town. At the moment we're booked three nights but we've got some time to spare so we may be enlarging that, we'll see what there is to see and do first. 18 November: We arrived on a lovely ...
Day 14-15 Hungry in Hungary
... with Hungarian noodles which tasted more like gnocci. A few other people got even bigger meals which seemed to be normal for Hungary. After dinner we walked back to the bus and went back to the hotel where afew of us walked around looking for ...
Már itthonról
Hello újra! Nos, gondoltam írok egy fejezetet, ami már az itthoni életről szól, hisz azért Koreából hazajönni nem olyan, mint Európa vmelyik államából. Hát, a repülőre simán felengedték a csomagom, minden rendben ment. Az út ...
3 countries in a day
... for Vienna, but I had to get off at Bruck a d Leitha, which is the 3rd stop after the border, then take a train into Hungary. The Austrian border guards didn't stamp my passport! :( It's funny, when I was in Vienna I never realised how close it is to ...
Franz Joseph's Day of Glory
Greetings, So we decided to live the life of Franz Joseph and travel to the other imperial capital of Austro-Hungarian empire and day trip it to Budapest. Our train left super early so we could make it to Budapest by midmorning. If you all ...
Where Are We and Why Are We Here
Greetings from Budapest, Hungary! Not sure if that photo of the Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary meant anything to anyone....I know some of you have been here before as Jim and I were about 9 years ago. When we booked this whole trip and ...
arriving in budapest
Not wasting any time, I left friday night after work! The first flight was a little over 8 hours and brought me to switzerland (zurich). From there had a quick layover and was on a short 1.5 hour flight to Budapest. While waiting for my luggage, a girl ...
Spring Break Stop 3: The Homeland
... to the other girls, caught the metro back to the hostel and proceeded to crash. Long but great first day in Hungary. April 7- We bought breakfast at the local grocery store where they had an issue breaking our 10,000 florint bills (roughly ...
Budapest 3 hour tour - NOW WITH PICTURES
We are enjoying a great view with coffee and will soon head out on a three hour tour... without the boatride a la Gilligan's Island. That is tomorrow, with a cruise on the Danube. Hopefully we won't be gone forever because I don't see the ...
Hungary Eyes, one look at you......
So we got into Budapest at around midday, found our hotel relatively easily and went off into Pest to explore. It seems all our visits to cities are graded on the quality of the food....with this in mind Budapest was a clear winner so far. The first meal ...
Exploring Budapest
After I arrived in Split I had several hours to see the City before taking the train to Budapest. Split was a beautiful city, it is situated on the coast and looks similar to Dubrovnik. The best part of the city I saw was the ancient ...
3 countries, 1 day
... of markets. Its a neat little city. We had lunch at an Irish Pub before getting back on the coach to sleep our way to Hungary. First impression of Budapest is that it is beautiful! We first went to the museum of Terror, which is all about what the ...
Budapest, August 1, 2007 - Wednesday
... architecture, its construction lasted from 1875 to 1884 and was funded by the city of Budapest and by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary. The Hungarian Royal Opera House, as it was known then, opened to the public on the September 27, 1884. It is a ...
off to gyor!
yikes... i wrote this entire section and the computer shut down... here is the cliff notes version: Yesterday I slept til 3...no more jet lag! Today I am heading 2 hours west by train to visit kornel, a friend i met in panama - also friends with ...